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Revisiting The St. Paul Socony

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Revisiting The St. Paul Socony

November 27, 2024

In the February 5, 2024, issue of The Waterways Journal, this column detailed the St. Paul Socony, built by Ingalls in 1940 for the Socony Vacuum Oil Company of New… Read More

An Industry Icon Had His Start On This Boat The St. Paul Socony when quite new. (Dan Owen Boat Photo Museum collection)

An Industry Icon Had His Start On This Boat

February 4, 2024

It was sad news to read in the January 29 issue of The Waterways Journal that industry leader Capt. Charles Lehman had passed away at age 91. Capt. Lehman was… Read More

The Kansas City Socony Goes To The Ohio River Virgie Mae above Gallipolis Lock, June 24, 1974. (Jeff Yates photo)

The Kansas City Socony Goes To The Ohio River

September 25, 2023

In the last column, we looked at the Kansas City Socony, built by the Elliott-Fairfax Shipyard at Kansas City, Kan., in 1937. It was 125 by 32 (a typo in… Read More